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The Supervillain Book - Thanos!

Okay, in my never-ending quest to learn more about the infamous Son of Titan, I decided to purchase “The Supervillain Book”. I am certainly glad that I did!

I highly recommend this softcover collection of evildoers! If nothing else, it will make your guests wonder about your choice in coffee table books. ;)

Get your copy today!

• from Visible Ink Press (Publisher)
• from amazon.com
• from mycomicshop.com

Anyway - to the point of this post!

If you are reading Jason Aaron’s “Thanos Rising” (which you should be),  you know that there is a “mysterious girl” guiding his descent into darkness…

Who is this girl?

Well, according to “The Supervillain Book”:

<SPOILER ALERT>

“Believing he would never be accepted by the fellow Eternals of Titan  the young Thanos found solace and guidance from his “imaginary friend” who proved to be quite real: Mistress Death. One of the “Conceptual beings” of the Marvel Universe, Mistress Death is the embodiment of death itself  Though others may perceive her as a robed skeleton, to Thanos she looks like a beautiful humanoid woman, and over time he fell in love with her….”

</SPOILER ALERT>

WOW, Right?

I love it. Jason you are doing a FANTASTIC JOB with this story, very much looking forward to how the rest of it unfolds in the remaining 3 issues.

If you are interested, here are my SPOILER FREE Reviews so far:

• Thanos Rising #1 and associated @thanosrules blog post
• Thanos Rising #2 and associated @thanosrules blog post

Finally, I posted the following about two weeks ago - an interesting Thanos specific “Flashback” scene: She-Hulk (2006) Issue #12 - Thanos/Eros Flashback

enJOY!

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She-Hulk (2006) Issue #12 - Thanos/Eros Flashback

That moment when you realize you are going to be a nihilist when you grow up…

Some more interesting back-story on Thanos…

enJOY!

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Skottie Young Marvel “Baby Variant” Listing (so far)

This is a picture of my Skottie Young (@skottieyoung) Marvel “Baby Variant” collection so far…BIG THANKS to Skottie for signing each of these at Planet Comicon 2013!!!

So, you think you have them all?

That is what I thought!

Well, besides learning that I am missing the one for “Road to Oz” (see blank space in image above), I also learned that Skottie has even more Baby Variants yet to be released!

This is excellent news, right? :)

For me, it is a double-edge sword - I absolutely love these covers (which will soon line my son’s bedroom wall), but it does feel like a never-ending battle to procure each variant…I guess that is an “okay” problem to have… ;)

Anyway, here is the listing (#1s from each series mentioned) of what I know is currently available:

1. A+X
2. A-Babies vs. X-Babies One-Shot Cover A
3. A-Babies vs. X-Babies One-Shot Cover B (Chris Eliopoulos cover, but since Skottie wrote it, it is in the mix, plus it is still a “baby” cover) :)
4. Age of Ultron
5. All-New X-Men
6. Avengers
7. Avengers Arena
8. Avengers vs. X-Men (Midtown Comics Exclusive)
9. Cable And X-Force
10. Captain America
11. Deadpool
12. Fantastic Four
13. Fearless Defenders
14. FF
15. Guardians of the Galaxy
16. Indestructible Hulk
17. Iron Man
18. Marvel Now: Point One
19. Morbius: The Living Vampire
20. New Avengers
21. Nova
22. Red She-Hulk
23. Road to Oz (missing from my collection)
24. Savage Wolverine
25. Secret Avengers
26. Superior Spider-Man
27. Thanos Rising
28. Thor: God of Thunder
29. Thunderbolts
30. Uncanny Avengers
31. Uncanny X-Force
32. Uncanny X-Men
33. Wolverine
34. X-Men Legacy
35. Young Avengers

How does this list compare to your collection?

Oh, and here is a complete listing of the covers with detailed images over at Comic Collector Live (special thanks to @fung for the link)!

enJOY!

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Ka-Zar #11

As a tribute to the latest issue of Age of Ultron + Thanos Rising…

Either way, for some reason I just love this cover.

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